The Dh425 million ($115.7 million) Dubai campus of Zayed University in Al Rowaiya will be ready for occupation this month (September) for the new academic year.

The three-storey main building in the 77-hectare campus is unique in the sense that students can move around inside the campus without being subject to the hot and humid weather conditions. An engineering marvel, the building also incorporates several features of the local architecture including a tent over the open courtyard where students can gather and the covered and landscaped corridors, said Hussain Nasser Lootah, acting director general of Dubai Municipality, who toured the project site recently.
Zayed University comprises six colleges that enable students to obtain a bachelor’s degree in different disciplines. The faculties are: Arts and Humanities, Management Sciences, Communication and Media Sciences, Education, Home Science, and Information Systems.
It is part of the Dubai Academic city, a unique concept which seeks to revolutionise the way education is being imparted in Dubai. 
Construction of as many as 20 universities is planned on the 1,100 hectare City premises, which will have a capacity to accommodate around 38,000 students, and some 3,800 teaching and non-teaching staff.
The planned construction area on the facility is expected to be 720 hectares. A comprehensive internal road network, connecting various parts of the city to the major roads in the area, has already been completed.
The city will provide suitable environment for higher education, and is designed to meet the current and future requirements of public and private educational institutions. The city would accommodate the projected increase in the number of students up to 2020.